(06/29/17) 2017 Linda Kelly Visiting Scholar Keynote Address

Summary

Welcome the 2017 visiting scholars

Christopher Shaw, RN, ANP, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP

and

Dawn Williamson, RN, DNP, PMHCNS-BC, CARN-AP

Christopher Shaw is a Nurse Practitioner dually certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health NP and Adult Medical NP. He is the Team Leader of the Massachusetts General Hospital Inpatient Addictions Consult Team. Throughout his nursing career he has worked with patient populations stigmatized by homelessness, addiction and diagnoses of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and Tuberculosis. He has worked domestically and in sub-Saharan Africa to educate health care workers and patient advocacy groups to ensure optimal treatment strategies are accessible to patients whose lives depend on them. He believes addiction is a physical, mental and spiritual illness and that Substance Use Disorder is an evolving neurobiological process that requires a multi-pronged treatment approach to promote a patient’s optimal health. Chris has advanced practice certification from the International Nurses Society of Addictions and he completed a two year training program in the art of Spiritual direction with New York Based Guild for Spiritual Guidance in 2008.

Dawn Williamson is an Advanced Practice Nurse for Addictions Consultation in the Emergency Department at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Ms. Williamson responds to the treatment needs of both individuals and families with addiction and mental health issues in the emergency setting.With thirty years of nursing experience, she has practiced in both the public and private sector prior to coming to The Massachusetts General Hospital.

Ms. Williamson is a member of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and helped author position statements for the association on Medical Evaluation of Psychiatric Patients and on Substance Abuse and the Emergency Care Setting. She is a member of the ENA’s national committee for Emergency Department Psychiatric Care. She also belongs to the International Nurses Society on Addictions. She has given numerous presentations on addiction treatment. She authored the chapter on alcohol intoxication and withdrawal states for Sheehy’s Manual of Emergency Care, as well as, the module on substance abuse for Mosby’s eLearning course, Handling Psychiatric Emergencies.

Prerequisites: None

Contact Hours: 1.0

Norman Knight Nursing Center for Clinical and Professional Development at Massachusetts General Hospital is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-011-91) (OH-239, 10/1/2017OH)

Criteria for successful completion include attendance at the entire event and submission of a completed evaluation form